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Friday, December 30, 2011

The North Fulton area
has wonderful hotels, shopping, entertainment and more. In December, the Greater North Fulton
Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours Event was sponsored by Hyatt
Place. The Hyatt Place is located at 7500 North Point Parkway in Alpharetta, Georgia
30022. This beautiful facility is near
the North Point Mall and the Wireless Verizon Amphitheater. It was a wonderful event with great food and
networking.

November’s ABWA speaker was Connie De Santo, principal of CED
Associates. Ms. De Santo has 20 years
experience in assessing, selecting, developing and coaching key business
executives and their teams. Connie gave us insights to servant leadership. Servant leadership defined by Robert
Greenleaf’s essay in 1970 puts serving others (employees, customers, and
community) as the #1 priority.

Top Five Qualities of a Successful Business Executive are:

1.Sensitivity
to others

2.Personal warmth and availability

3.Integrity

4.Loyalty

5.Superior business performance

Five Simple Behaviors of Successful Servant Leaders are:

1. Value
employees (treat with respect)

2.Transparency

3.Remove roadblocks

4.Develop trusting relationships

5.Become an advocate

In this global economy, strive to become a business of
choice, an employer of choice and an investment of choice.